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by jraph 988 days ago
Intent matters. It's only a provocation if it's meant to be a provocation.

Otherwise it's mere faux-pas, at worst.

What's more, you don't necessarily know everything about a person. I would not know anything about RMS's political opinions if I had not read his website a bit, I would only know him for his stance on free software.